Cabinet Committees
Dail Éireann — 2025-12-16
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Barry Heneghan (IND), Dublin Bay North

I too join in the condolences on the attack that happened on the Jewish community in Australia.
I also support the plea for funding for The Complex.
Regarding the Cabinet committee on housing, across the country AHBs have signed turnkey deals that then collapse. In Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, there was a recent scheme that had the contract signed, everything was above board, they were all ready and, at the last minute, when they were looking for funding, the Department denied the funding for 40 turnkey units. If we are to bring medium-sized and small developers into the market, this risk cannot be acceptable. We will not get the funding from the funding schemes, and it is putting all the risk on the developers. The homes are built, the deal collapses and the investor walks away. We want these small-scale developers to meet the housing targets. I have hundreds of people in my constituency looking for affordable housing, and this cannot happen.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-16